D&D General Is DnD being mothballed?

[Scribe]

Youd think so, but i dont think they are actually giving that money to the TTRPG, they are keeping them on that dirt cheap thing becuase they can make more money while investing less in something that matters less, when the big money is in the brand and IP.
I dont think the situation has changed much from where it was in 2012, the millions dnd is making is not going into the game, its like saving Marvel is bigger than ever, but its not going into the comics thats for sure.

Now I think this is a fair thought. Hasbro milking the profits instead of reinvesting?

Corporation going to Corporation.

 

[darjr]

Matt’s awesome, but he also says a lot of things. Like a lot of people. I just wish more folks would take a deeper dive before taking g things on board.

 

[overgeeked]

Ten years D&D 5e has been crushing it. And we still get this kind of navel gazing. It’s exhausting.

That’s longer than most RPG companies exist, Even MCDM by Matt’s plans, won’t last that long.

Say what? Matt plans on mothballing MCDM?

 

[darjr]

Look he’s admitted himself he doesn’t pay attention to WotC nor does he buy their books or products.

 

[darjr]

Say what? Matt plans on mothballing MCDM?

No, not that. He’s said he doesn’t want to run or be doing this long term. Something like that.

 

[Tony Vargas]

Flooding the market didn't work for TSR, 3E or 4E.

Actually, it did work. For Battletech, for Storyteller, and for 2e, 3.5, and for 4e -and for PF1. It's just that 2e and 4e had the minor problem of it not being nearly enough, because 2e couldn't, in spite of so many dedicated fans buying every book it spat out, generate enough income to offset losses on novels, and the failed collectible card & dice games (and general mismanagement), and because 4e was given a yearly revenue goal like, 5 or 10 times the revenue of the entire industry or something.

When you have a small, but very dedicated fanbase that isn't growing so fast, pumping out product as fast as they'll obsessively buy it up, is the best you can do to flog cash out of a product line.

That's not the case, anymore.

 

[darjr]

No, not that. He’s said he doesn’t want to run or be doing this long term. Something like that.

@overgeeked but I’ll say again. Matt says a lot of things. He mulls ideas out in public, especially in his live stream. It’s not meant to be gospel.

 

[darjr]

Actually, it did work. For Battletech, for Storyteller, and for 2e, 3.5, and for 4e -and for PF1. It's just that 2e and 4e had the minor problem of it not being nearly enough, because 2e couldn't, in spite of so many dedicated fans buying every book it spat out, generate enough income to offset losses on novels, and the failed collectible card & dice games (and general mismanagement), and because 4e was given a yearly revenue goal like, 5 or 10 times the revenue of the entire industry or something.

When you have a small, but very dedicated fanbase that isn't growing so fast, pumping out product as fast as they'll obsessively buy it up, is the best you can do to flog cash out of a product line.

That's not the case, anymore.

No. Plainscape COST TSR money to sell. They barely sold any of it compared to thier other products.

 

[Sacrosanct]

But those take a while.

Heh. How long was BG3 in development...

 

[RoughCoronet0]

Part of me can't help but feel like Matt's opinion (from what I understand) is coming from a place of frustration due to his enjoyment of how 4e was, and how much WotC has moved away from all the things that came with that edition, game and production wise. Grant it, I'm not too well verse in his work but from what little I've seen of what he has said in the past year, I can't help but feel like he WANTS this opinion to be true and that WotC's decisions about 5e were bad to justify his feeling of 4e being better.

Please note that I'm only going off of what little I know about him and what he and other have said about him and his opinions. This is just my thoughts from that limited knowledge.